Division I Coaches Poll for February 20, 2017

By IWLCA Admin, 02/20/17, 12:45PM EST

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February 20, 2017

2017 IWLCA Division I Coaches Poll – February 20, 2017

After a flurry of early season upsets, the first regular season poll features the same top five as the preseason poll, with Florida and Southern California flipping spots, and three previously unranked teams making their top-20 debut for 2017. North Carolina collected all 20 first-place votes this week to land in the top spot. The Tar Heels prevailed 13-10 in their showdown against Florida on February 11 and also picked up wins against James Madison and High Point. Maryland held the second spot after downing both William & Mary and Georgetown. USC jumped over Florida (#4) into the number three spot, largely on the strength of their OT win over Northwestern (#11), and Syracuse raced out to a 3-0 start, locking up the fifth spot in the poll. The Trojans and Gators will square off this Friday in a top-five battle in Florida. The other big match-ups on tap this week include a showdown between the top two teams, North Carolina and Maryland, and Penn State (#6) at Cornell (#14) on Saturday, and Notre Dame (#9) at Elon (Receiving Votes) and Duke (#8) on Thursday and Sunday. Colorado (#13), Denver (#T-15), and James Madison (#19) made their 2017 debut in the poll this week after making some early season noise that garnered voters’ attention.

Rank

Institution

Points

FPV

Record

Last Week

1

North Carolina

400

20

3-0

1

2

Maryland

379

0

2-0

2

3

Southern California

339

0

2-0

4

4

Florida

327

0

0-1

3

5

Syracuse

314

0

3-0

5

6

Penn State

289

0

3-0

7

7

Stony Brook

274

0

2-0

6

8

Duke

249

0

4-0

10

9

Notre Dame

218

0

4-1

8

10

Penn

215

0

1-0

11

11

Northwestern

193

0

2-2

9

12

Princeton

192

0

1-0

13

13

Colorado

145

0

3-0

NR

14

Cornell

142

0

1-0

15

T-15

Denver

101

0

4-0

NR

T-15

Stanford

101

0

1-2

12

17

Towson

78

0

1-2

19

18

Johns Hopkins

43

0

2-0

20

19

James Madison

42

0

3-1

NR

20

Louisville

40

0

3-1

18

RV

Virginia

0-1

14

RV

Boston College

3-2

17

RV

Elon

4-0

NR

The next regular season poll for the 2017 season will be published on February 27.